Dr. Mohammed Amin Adam and Iddrisu Yakubu Dasana
Tension has erupted in Nyensobga, a farming community in the Karaga district capital of the Northern Region, after claims that the Municipal Chief Executive (MCE), Iddrisu Yakubu Dasana, ordered the disconnection of the community from the national grid after it was reconnected by the Karaga Member of Parliament (MP), Dr. Mohammed Amin Adam.
Residents of Nyensobga community had been without electricity for months because of a faulty transformer.
According to Ibrahim Iddi, the community’s Assemblyman, repeatedly reported the problem to the Northern Electricity Distribution Company (NEDCo) and followed up at the district office, but to no avail.
He indicated that the community’s chief reportedly sent a delegation to the Karaga MP, Dr. Mohammed Amin Adam, to help resolve the issue.
The Karaga MP contacted the relevant agencies and a new transformer was immediately installed, restoring power to the village.
However, some residents have claimed that the MCE was angered by the MP’s intervention and instructed NEDCo officials to disconnect the community from the national grid until he returned from Accra to the community.
The NEDCo staff however refused on grounds of professional ethics, resulting in the MCE directing supporters of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), to remove the fuse from the transformer, cutting power again.
Residents claimed that the MCE threatened them that they should not expect government development projects because the community had not voted for the NDC in the 2024 elections.
Residents of Nyensobga are therefore appealing to the Northern Regional Minister and national authorities to intervene, describing the incident as politically motivated and will greatly affect the welfare of the community such as farming, household needs and livelihoods of community members.
The MCE for Karaga, Iddrisu Yakubu Dasana, in an interview with DAILY GUIDE, refuted all the allegations levelled against him.
He stated that the transformer was procured by government through NEDCo, and that the Member of Parliament cannot claim to have been the one who purchased it.
“The MP contacted NEDCo for the transformer while the assembly was also pushing for the same transformer, and finally government listened to our cry and provided the transformer, so the MP cannot claim to be the person who bought it,” he claimed.
The Karaga MCE, noted that should the MP provide any developmental project in the district, the assembly will commend him for it.
Mr. Dasana called on NDC supporters to stay calm about the situation, assuring the community that electricity will not be disconnected.
FROM Eric Kombat, Nyensobga